The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-25
A VERY BAD WRECK.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE
On the r., W. Ky. Extension In the Sixth
ward, md both the Engines and n Num-.
her Of Cnrsnre more or Less Wrecked.
The Crews j imp OIL md Escape,

Sh.stly after noon yesterday a serious
accident occurred on tho South Side, junt
below tho Belmont mill, which resulted In
the total wreckiug Of ono locomotive, the
demolition Of the pilot Of another, aud
the breaking up o! four box cars. The
ecciden! occurred on the Benwood exten.
sion Of tho plt.sburgh, Whesling & Ken.
lucky railroad, nearly opposite the west
end OF Twenty+Beventh street. The en-.
gine most seriously injured was the small
"dinkey" engine belonging to the Belmont
Nail Company, and used in chipping cars
sbont their works and on the switches
near. This engine was attached 10 6ve
cara loaded with friedrich for use In tho
furnaces. The. cars had been left on the
western switch OF the railroad, next the
river bauk, aad The dia&ey was raa into
the switch in charge Of the usual engineer,
John Mack, to pull the brick up to the
mill switch to be unlosdcd. Tho cars
were box cara belonging to the Penney.
vania Company.
Just as the iittls engine started up with
Its train, q freight train Of oyer thirty earn
heavily loaded with coke, friedrich and
other heavy freight for the .Benwood fac.
tories and furnaces, ame down the main
track at q very rapid speed. Persons who
cav the accident say the train wss making
from twenty-five to thirty miles an hour.
Tho switch was open, and a man had
been Gent'quite a distance up the track 10
signal any down train TO stop. When the
long train, drawn by engine No. S., In
charge Of Engineer Tom kenney, APP
preached, this man Bignaled, but 80 great
was the rate Mt which Kenney was going,
that although no reversed his engine
promptly he could not bring tho long
train to & stop. AS 1t slowed mp somewhat
he and his fireman leapsd of and escaped
ininry.
;. The engine OF the down train crashed
into the rear OF the brick train with terrific
force, breaking the car badly. The pilot
oil the engine was also twisted and torn
into Fragments and the locomotive de.
rallied, besides being dipged and injured
!. slightly, though not disabled.
ALAo hAbiAfiAto1A luiPRltCA " klC thIIu
ing cara sent the whole train into another
standing near. The anal engine had the
whole front Of her torn to pieces, her cab
demolished and her boiler and mschinery
totally ruined. There was clond Of flying
debris and the engine alighted in bad
shape to the east 0. the track. The ad.
joining car was also wrecked and dersiled,
and Il big hole torn in the track, the force
Of the blow being plainly shown by the
TACT that the Cross ties were torn to spliu.
ters.
Three or four OF tho box cars Of Ken
; ney's train were also somewhat wrecked.
AS soon as he could get his engine on the
track, however, be ran on down to Ben.
wood with his dietigured engine.
The small engines remains we're got on
the track about ! O'Clock and the B. 4 0.
yard dihkey pulled tho wreck up to the
Belmont chops. The broken cars were
jsckod up into some sort OF position and
the debti9 too fine to be used was dumped
over the bank.